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<blockquote data-quote="Alaxk Knight of Galt" data-source="post: 5505801" data-attributes="member: 4129">Your speaking of quality.&nbsp; I think the majority of the community (myself included) think the quality of DDi is pretty low and has clearly decreased since the initial offering.&nbsp; This is an odd thing as today, DDi offers more services then when it launched.&nbsp; The mistake was allowing all content for a one month subscription to the service.&nbsp; If you purchased a single month in July 2010, you got a completely updated character builder and monster builder with all material released to that point and the entire back catalog of Dungeon and Dragon magazines.&nbsp; That's a lot of stuff for less then $10.Here is what I would have liked to have seen:&nbsp; <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">No Monthly Fee:&nbsp; Do away with the monthly fee, you have a one time purchase of DDi.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">DDi Toolset:&nbsp; When you make your one time purchase, the user gets the following tools:&nbsp; Compendium, Character Builder, Monster Builder.&nbsp; These tools have only a limited amount of data - PHB1, DMG1, and MM1.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Content Updates:&nbsp; Each book has a data set for the DDi Toolset (feats, classes, powers, races, themes, backgrounds, items, monsters, artwork, etc).&nbsp; These data sets are microtransactions that a user purchases.&nbsp; When you purchase the Martial Power Content Update, your DDi Toolset now has the data set from that book.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dungeon/Dragon:&nbsp; Each month, you can purchase Dungeon and Dragon on-line magizines.&nbsp; Doing so provides you a content update for that month's magazines for your toolset along with the various articles and artwork.</li>
</ul>This model would have stopped the content jailbreak, provided the DDi user with ownership of purchased material, and would provide a stead source of revenue for WotC (though not as reliable as the subscription model).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alaxk Knight of Galt, post: 5505801, member: 4129"] Your speaking of quality. I think the majority of the community (myself included) think the quality of DDi is pretty low and has clearly decreased since the initial offering. This is an odd thing as today, DDi offers more services then when it launched. The mistake was allowing all content for a one month subscription to the service. If you purchased a single month in July 2010, you got a completely updated character builder and monster builder with all material released to that point and the entire back catalog of Dungeon and Dragon magazines. That's a lot of stuff for less then $10. Here is what I would have liked to have seen: [LIST] [*][B]No Monthly Fee[/B]: Do away with the monthly fee, you have a one time purchase of DDi. [*][B]DDi Toolset[/B]: When you make your one time purchase, the user gets the following tools: Compendium, Character Builder, Monster Builder. These tools have only a limited amount of data - PHB1, DMG1, and MM1. [*][B]Content Updates[/B]: Each book has a data set for the DDi Toolset (feats, classes, powers, races, themes, backgrounds, items, monsters, artwork, etc). These data sets are microtransactions that a user purchases. When you purchase the Martial Power Content Update, your DDi Toolset now has the data set from that book. [*][B]Dungeon/Dragon[/B]: Each month, you can purchase Dungeon and Dragon on-line magizines. Doing so provides you a content update for that month's magazines for your toolset along with the various articles and artwork. [/LIST] This model would have stopped the content jailbreak, provided the DDi user with ownership of purchased material, and would provide a stead source of revenue for WotC (though not as reliable as the subscription model). [/QUOTE]

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